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 == Probate Indexes Online  ==
-Before looking for a will, you should search an index. <br>&nbsp;
+Before looking for a will, search an index. One online index is [http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SFKProbate.shtml Suffolk Probate Indexes 1847-1857]. The Testator index records 1,124 wills and the people who made them. The Beneficiary index records 10,698 people, or other entities, who will benefit from those wills. The wills were proved during the years 1847-1857, that is the decade before the civil courts took over the probate of wills from the ecclesiastical courts in 1858. &nbsp;
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-Suffolk Probate Indexes 1847-1857<br>The Testator index records 1,124 wills and the people who made them. The Beneficiary index records 10,698 people, or other entities, who will benefit from those wills. The wills were proved during the years 1847-1857, that is the decade before the civil courts took over the probate of wills from the ecclesiastical courts in 1858. <br>
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 The following indexes to probate records are available on [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com] (under&nbsp;the category of&nbsp;'England Court, Land, Wills &amp; Financial'):